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I'm using a low G set of the `Alohi strings on my main tenor and a high G set of Manaha strings on another tenor and really love these strings. I liked them so much I'm making them available right here on my site.

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Books, Plans, Kits, Classes, Schools, Tools and resources for building ukuleles.

Featured Ukulele Lessons

  • Which Way Is Up?

    Just what string is the top string on a ukulele? This lessons sets things straight.

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    An essential, core scale with a lot of music information within.

Building Classes and Schools

 

The Blue Stone Folk School
1095 Conner Street
Noblesville, Indiana 46060
Phone: 317 363 5352

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Folk Schools have been operating in Scandinavia since the middle of the 19th century. Folk schools developed in during a period of economic and political changes in Europe. The aim of these schools was to give people an opportunity to develop new skills as their agricultural opportunities dwindled and moved to the cities.

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DaSilva Ukulele Co.
Luthier Mike DaSilva
2547 8th Street, Suite 28
Berkeley, CA 94710
510 649-1548
510 291-2943 fax

Links

Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: DaSilva

Made by Hand: Mike DaSilva Ukuleles

Here is a great video by Michael Levin and Witt Monts titled Made by Hand of luthier Mike DaSilva in his show.

The uke man maketh

By Jennifer Modenessi
Contra Costa Times

YOU PROBABLY wouldn't guess it from the stacks of wood piled almost to the roof of his Berkeley workshop, but Michael DaSilva never set out to become a ukulele maker.

"I didn't grow up with enough music," says the soft-spoken 50-year-old Oakland resident and lone proprietor of the DaSilva Ukulele Co. "I think I was a little bit starved."

Looking around his studio, you'd never know it.

more at: Contra Costa Times

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(from their site) - DaSilva Ukulele Co. in Berkeley, California is the workshop of Michael DaSilva where he makes high-quality , handcrafted ukuleles. You will also find the full-line of RISA Solid and Electric instruments and inexpensive beginner ukes. The shop is also host to house concerts, ukulele lessons and workshops, the occasional jam session and meetings of the Berkeley Ukulele Club. Check the Calendar for events.

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Hana Lima 'Ia
718 Puuhale Rd.
Honolulu HI 96819
(413) 582-0034

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We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.

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T.T. Ukuleles
Shipman Business Park
16-185 Kalara St. Unit D
Keaau, Hawaii 96749
PH: 808 - 933 - 8537
Toll Free: 866 - 933 - UKES (8537)

Links

Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: T_T

T.T. UKULELE'S Made in Hawaii by Tadashi Oguma and sons.

Ukulele Building Classes are available.

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Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie
George Morris, Luthier
P.O. Box 115
Post Mills, VT 05058
(802) 727 4311

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Vermont Instruments is a teaching lutherie begun in 1983 offering private and small group tutorials by appointment. Students design and build their own instruments from raw materials. Acoustic and structural design, jig-making, inlay and repair are woven into a personalized course of study to accommodate each person's interest, skill level, and experience. Courses are designed to minimize the need for expensive equipment and specialized jiggery. It is expected that a student can continue their own creative work using small-scale power tools and common hand tools.

More information available on companys's web site.

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Wood Working Tools

 

Grizzley Industrial, Inc.
Order Phone Number: 1-800-523-4777 Customer Service Phone Number: 1-570-546-9663

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Showrooms: 1203 Lycoming Mall Circle, Muncy, PA 17756
1821 Valencia St., Bellingham, WA 98226
Corner of Battlefield & Kansas Expressway in Springfield, Missouri

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Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
4365 Willow Drive
Medina, MN 55340
Toll Free: 800-279-4441
Fax:

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Plans, Books & Kits

 

Don's Plans
Don Morris
don@donsplans.com

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Here are the available Uke plans:

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Guild of American Lutherie
8222 S. Park Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98408-5226
phone/fax: (253) 472-7853

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Hana Lima 'Ia
718 Puuhale Rd.
Honolulu HI 96819
(413) 582-0034

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We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.

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KP Ukuleles
Custom Ukuleles and Repair
Luthier: Ken Potts
Lahaina, Maui Hawaii
Ken Potts - Luthier
(808) 667-0759

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Ken Potts has a DVD available "Building the Hawaiian Ukulele..."

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Musicmaker's Kits
P.O. Box 2117
Stillwater, MN 55082
1-800-432-5487

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Kits and building supplies. Rosettes, Laminated Woods, Misc. Hardware, tools, etc...

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Pegasus Guitars & Ukuleles
Bob Gleason/ Pegasus Guitars & Ukuleles
P.O.Box 160
Kurtistown, HI 96760
Phone/Fax (808)966-6323

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Wood sets, kits, parts, binding jigs, etc...

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The Ukulele
by Denis Gilbert

Windward Publishing and Press (Hawaii)
665 Ulukahiki St,
Suite 101, Kailua, Hawaii 96734

Links

A Step by Step Guide On How To Make This Traditional Hawaiian Instrument. Over 170 photos, jigs and tools explained. For All Woodworkers. - Buy It!!!

I have this book and its a great book on building a ukulele. One day I'll get around to building a uke or two.

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UKULELE Design & Construction
by D. Henry Wickham

WaverlyStreet Ukuleles
WaverlyStreet Software
277 W. Brighton Road
Columbus, Ohio, 43202
Fax: (201) 917-1482

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( 29-AUG-2008 Update ) A great selection of videos show the Step-by-step process of building a ukulele.

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(from their site) WaverlyStreet Software has been producing practical, easy-to-use programs for home and office since 1996. We use the "Shareware" distribution concept, which means that you can download fully-operational packages and try them out for a period of time while deciding whether or not to purchase. If you like the program, you can register on-line via credit card (or through surface mail) and receive a registration code which makes the program YOURS, without having to download anything else or re-install the software!

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Building Kits

 

Cigar Box Papa
Bill Moore
NY

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Grizzley Industrial, Inc.
Order Phone Number: 1-800-523-4777 Customer Service Phone Number: 1-570-546-9663

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Showrooms: 1203 Lycoming Mall Circle, Muncy, PA 17756
1821 Valencia St., Bellingham, WA 98226
Corner of Battlefield & Kansas Expressway in Springfield, Missouri

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Hana Lima 'Ia
718 Puuhale Rd.
Honolulu HI 96819
(413) 582-0034

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We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.

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Ukulele Puapua
Morea Corporation
2490 Kalakaua Ave #19B
Honolulu Hawaii 96815
TEL: 808-924-2266
FAX: 808-924-3377

STORE: Pacific Beach Hotel 1F
2490 Kalakaua Ave #19B
Honolulu Hawaii 96815
Tel. (808)924-2266 Fax. (808)924-3377

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Ukulele Puapua sells Do-It-Yourself Ukulele Kit from G-String Ukulele Co.

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Misc Building Info

 

Cigar Box Plans

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The home base for the CIGAR BOX GUITAR community.

CIGAR BOX UKULELE PLANS!!! From Comfort magazine, October 1931 in the "File" section: [ link ]
(Must be a member of the Yahoo group)

(Ed. ) This is a very nicely designed site, easy to naviage with lots of cool information.

"So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of it, take me a little piece of plank, nailed it onto that cigar box, and I got me some screen wire and I made me a bridge back there and raised it up high enough that it would sound inside that little box, and got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune and I played from then on." -Lightnin' Hopkins

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